Eli Ortiz: Black on Black Mata Ortiz Pottery San Ramon Each piece was produced in

Each piece was produced in numbered limited editions of 12 to 24

plates of tamales

This one-piece Colima dog figurine

and other emblematic characters of Oaxacan life

It is a piece that rewards slow looking

Eli Ortiz: Black on Black Mata Ortiz Pottery San Ramon Each piece was produced inEli Ortiz keeps the Ortiz tradition alive in black. He is the son of the late Eduardo "Chevo" Ortiz, one of Mata Ortiz's most celebrated potters, and this piece carries that lineage directly. The graphite black on black technique that defines this olla traces back to the Ortiz family itself. Chevo's brother Macario discovered that graphite left on a pot's surface before firing retained its silvery sheen afterward, and what began as an accidental